-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Joran van der Sloot returns to a Peruvian courtroom on Wednesday , five days after requesting more time to `` reflect '' on what plea he will make in his murder trial .

The 24-year-old Dutch national indicated on Friday that he was willing to make a `` confession '' in the 2010 killing of Stephany Flores , but that he did `` not agree with the aggravating factors '' as defined in the murder charge levied against him .

Given this statement , the panel of three judges decided to give van der Sloot until Wednesday to make a final decision . There is no jury .

This was the latest twist in a case that has made international headlines , in part because of the circumstances of the killing but also because van der Sloot was arrested twice , but never charged , in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway .

Police say van der Sloot killed Flores in his Lima hotel room in May 2010 , then took money and bank cards from her wallet and fled to Chile , where he was arrested a few days later .

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Hours before Friday 's court proceedings , his attorney said that van der Sloot would plead guilty to all charges related to Flores ' death . His apparent aim would have been to get a reduced sentence after making a `` sincere confession . ''

But after the session began , he voiced doubt about the charge , leading to the delay .

On Wednesday , van der Sloot is expected to finally give his plea in the Lima courtroom . He is charged with `` qualified murder '' and simple robbery in the killing of 21-year-old Flores .

If it is not guilty , then the trial will resume before the all-female judicial panel . If he pleads guilty , the sentencing phase would begin .

On Friday , prosecutors went over all the evidence and witnesses they had and gave a summation of the case against van der Sloot .

The case of Holloway , who vanished in 2005 while on a graduation trip to the Caribbean island of Aruba , is part of the Peru case as well . Holloway was last seen leaving a nightclub with van der Sloot and two other men . Van der Sloot was arrested twice but never charged in Holloway 's disappearance , which is still unsolved .

His attorney , Luis Jimenez Navarro , pointed out last week that the fatal attack on Flores occurred exactly five years after the Alabama teenager went missing . It has been widely reported that van der Sloot killed the woman after he believed she saw something on the Internet relating to Holloway .

`` He is a young man ... who has practically lived persecuted for a crime he says he did not commit ... or for a disappearance that he can not explain , '' the lawyer said . `` Movies and books have been made ... At that age , and with other characteristics of his psychological profile , ... in that moment , he felt threatened and reacted in a brutal manner . ''

The victim 's family , including her father , Ricardo Flores , had pushed for stiffer charges and said that van der Sloot has n't looked `` remorseful '' in court appearances .

`` He had an indifferent and prideful attitude . He looks as if he has everything under control . He looks better than when he appeared on TV after he was arrested , '' Ricardo Flores told CNN last year .

If found guilty on all counts , van der Sloot could face a sentence of up to 30 years in prison .

Besides the Flores murder trial , van der Sloot also faces possible extradition to the United States . In June 2010 , a federal grand jury in Alabama indicted him on charges of wire fraud and extortion after allegations surfaced that he tried to extort $ 250,000 from Holloway 's mother , Beth .

He was allegedly given a total of $ 25,000 , and authorities believe he used that money to travel to Peru and participate in a poker tournament , where he met Flores .

InSession 's Jean Casarez and Mayra Cuevas contributed to this report .

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Joran van der Sloot is charged with murdering a woman in a Lima hotel room

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Last week , his lawyer said van der Sloot would plead guilty and make a `` sincere confession ''

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Instead , he voiced doubt about the charge and was granted more time to `` reflect ''

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He is expected to make a decision Wednesday , which will determine what happens next